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Orloff, Jeffrey H., Ed. – 1978
The report contains the proceedings of the Third Annual Northern Virginia Conference on Gifted/Talented Education. Titles and authors of papers presented include "Realizing Your Potential" (H. Lyon), "Developing the Gifts of All Children" (W. Barbe), "What is Leadership Training for the Gifted?" (D. Sisk), "Theoretic Foundations of Differential…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conference Reports, Counseling, Gifted
Taylor, Tawara D.; Loop, Bertine – 1978
The report describes the first national conference on temporary family supports and integrated respite services systems for the developmentally disabled held in 1978. Program planning information is presented along with evaluation feedback summarized from participant responses. Recommendations from the conference are discussed, including…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Support, Developmental Disabilities, Family Counseling
Schneider, Barbara L. – 1979
A consortium of 39 schools, colleges, and departments of education along with representatives of the Office of Education convened to study the salient problems in secondary teacher education. Areas of interest included: the working cooperation between administrators and faculty; the development of new curricula despite declining enrollment; the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Ahearn, Eileen M. – 2001
This paper presents a summary of the proceedings of a two-day policy forum on performance goals and indicators for special education. The conference was part of a larger project to research and analyze the impacts of accountability-based reforms on students with disabilities and special education. The forum focused on the feasibility and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Data Collection, Disabilities
Henderson, Karla A., Ed. – 1992
Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Coalition for Education in the Outdoors (CEO) are presented in this report. The CEO is a network of institutions, organizations, agencies, businesses, and associations in support of outdoor education. This symposium, reflecting the work of CEO's Research Task Force, provides literature reviews and field…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature Reviews, Outcomes of Treatment, Outdoor Education
Wisser, Ulrike, Ed.; Grootings, Peter, Ed. – CEDEFOP Flash, 1992
A "travelling" congress was conducted in five European cities (Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, and Vienna) to promote a mutual exchange of views between east and west. The participants stressed the growing European Community interest in current examples of cooperation with neighbors in central and eastern Europe. In addition to…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Field Trips, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation
Miles, John C., Ed.; Watters, Ron, Ed. – 1985
This document consists of materials presented at a conference organized by representatives of university outdoor programs to discuss issues and exchange ideas about outdoor topics. Twenty-six papers were presented: (1) "Conference on Outdoor Recreation for the Disabled: Breaking the Stereotype" (Tom Whittaker and Sheila Brashear); (2)…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
National Inst. on the Assessment of Experiential Learning, Trenton, NJ. – 1989
This document summarizes the National Institute on the Assessment of Experiential Learning conference in July 1989, during which educators from the field of adult education met to discuss prior learning assessment (PLA), a process developed for awarding credit for college-level knowledge acquired outside the classroom. Some educators were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Credits, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Calgary Univ. (Alberta). Centre for Gifted Education. – 1992
This document presents the conference proceedings of the primary stakeholders in gifted education in Alberta (Canada): "Activities in Math for the Gifted Student" (Ballheim); "The Self Awareness Growth Experiences Approach" (Balogun); "Computer Simulations: An Integrating Tool" (Bilan); "The Portrayal of Gifted…
Descriptors: Counseling, Curriculum Development, Educational Methods, Educational Policy
California Child Development Programs Advisory Committee, Sacramento. – 1992
In February, 1992, the Child Development Programs Advisory Committee and the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) hosted a conference that explored child care planning on a city, county, and state level. Introductory activities included a synopsis of the work of the CSAC, and a talk by California first lady Gayle Wilson, who called for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Welfare, City Government, Data Collection
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1989
This document summarizes the proceedings of the first meeting of the Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL). The report is organized in five parts that cover the following: (1) background, objectives, participants, summaries of opening speeches, and working methods of the conference; (2) review of the progress in the implementation…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Middleton, Ernest J., Ed.; Mason, Emanuel J., Ed. – 1988
Presentations at this conference focused on the following topics: (1) the recruitment and retention of minorities in teacher education; (2) history and social psychology of the issue; (3) futuristic views and minority participation in the 1990s; (4) comparison of teacher education programs in traditionally black and white institutions; (5)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Minority Group Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Development
McCarn, Davis B., Comp. – 1983
A group of 27 library administrators and library computer systems experts met to share their experiences and insights with regard to online catalogs, to review survey results from The Council on Library Resources (CLR) 1982 Online Catalog Study, to review draft documents on the costs and features of online catalogs, and to discuss and recommend…
Descriptors: Costs, Design Requirements, Formative Evaluation, Guidelines
Starkey, Hugh – 1982
This report discusses a symposium held in Sweden in 1980 by the Council of Europe to explore ways for schools to help prepare teenagers for life. The specific objectives of the symposium were to discuss the aims and objectives of and approaches to social education in schools for students in the 14-19 age group and to make recommendations which…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Education, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1979
Specific objectives of the May 1979 colloquy of the Council for Cultural Co-operation of the Council of Europe are described as: (1) to present and discuss three pilot projects in France, the Federal Republic of Germany, and Sweden for developing language learning objectives for adult migrants; (2) to produce plans for further modern language…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Migrant Adult Education, Migrant Programs
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